Danielle Harris, 3, looks up at her umbrella as she walks along Kingston Street, with her mom, Betty Harris, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Houston. "I can't believe it's been raining this much," Betty said.

Danielle Harris, 3, looks up at her umbrella as she walks along...

The National Weather Service extended a flood watch until midnight in the Houston area after a morning and early afternoon of between half an inch and more than three inches of rain rolling through the area and an urban and small-stream advisory watch for the west part of Harris County up to Beltway 8, extending through Fort Bend County and to Colorado County, meteorologist Kent Prochazka said.

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